UPDATE – 4/30/26: According to court documents, the man seen being arrested in the above HN photo had all criminal and civil charges against him dismissed during a 9:00 a.m. hearing yesterday — April 29, 2026 — in Barnstable District … Continue reading →
YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A 25-year-old woman was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with suspected alcohol in her system Wednesday evening after her SUV suddenly jumped a curb on Route 6 eastbound and slammed into a guardrail near the Willow Street … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A 26-year-old Hyannis man in a full-head “freak mask” and a local business owner are both headed to court after a tense Main Street confrontation in which each allegedly flashed a law enforcement badge at the other, … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — In a stunning repeat performance that has Cape Cod law enforcement shaking their heads, 34-year-old Alex Fraga — the same Hyannis man who pleaded guilty in federal court in 2017 to flooding the region with deadly fentanyl … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — Barnstable Police shut down South Street Thursday evening after a resident reported seeing a man walking past his home while firing some type of gun into the air around 9 p.m. Officers immediately closed South Street to … Continue reading →
ABOVE: Speaking with his sergeant, a BPD patrolman uses his fingers to illustrate the size of the suspected bag of drugs swallowed by the driver. HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A 55-year-old Weymouth man is facing drug charges after he swallowed a … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A two-car collision delayed drive-home traffic on West Main Street Tuesday evening after a smash-up near 475 West Main Street triggered airbag deployment and spilled a large amount of fluids across the roadway. Barnstable police and Hyannis … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — Early Sunday morning, Hyannis firefighters used the Jaws of Life to cut an adult male driver free from his overturned Jeep after a serious crash at the intersection of Main Street and South Street. Barnstable police and … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A man on an electric scooter was injured Thursday evening when he collided with an SUV at the busy intersection of Main Street and Camp Street. Barnstable Police and a Hyannis Fire Department ambulance crew rushed to … Continue reading →
BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS – Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, a Barnstable police patrolman was checking the Route 132 Park & Ride lot at the junction of Route 6 when he spotted a gray Toyota RAV4 creeping past with heavily fogged windows. What … Continue reading →
SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A Saturday-night traffic stop on Old Town House Road turned up a loaded, unholstered “purple-and-black” Taurus 9mm pistol after Yarmouth police grew suspicious of a silver Audi with Texas plates that had been lingering at a … Continue reading →
